Cymande: Orange Crush Vinyl LP Maxwel and doesn’t apologise for that

and doesn’t apologise for that

the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 prompted other members to contribute musical ideas: the result being their most collaborative album to date

With his singing partner Jess Sah Bi

All the way from  Korean synth funk or Italian “whole lotta love” Zeppelin through to heavy “Baltic Borsh” disco and everything else in between

in contrast

Cymande: Orange Crush Vinyl LP Maxwel and doesn’t apologise for thatWith the release of their self titled debut album in 1972, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene. Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band fused reggae bass lines, Afro tinged Nyabinghi percussion, psychedelic touches, and American style funk into a unique sound theyve since dubbed as Nyah rock. While they were embraced in the US, back home they were largely ignored and soon forgotten by a music